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  • vinteuil
    Full Member
    • Nov 2010
    • 12796

    Originally posted by rubbernecker View Post
    And the Kent State Massacre of 1970 inspired Brubeck's Cantata Truth is Fallen and Neil Young's Ohio

    ... o well done!

    I think for the fullness of answering, and for the two-out-of-threeness, the L shd go to the rubbernecker - unless the mercian one wants to put in a rapid claim of priority for having identified Kent as the word?? What do either/both of you think (don't be shy)?

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    • mercia
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      • Nov 2010
      • 8920

      Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
      the L shd go to the rubbernecker
      I quite agree
      have I made another mistake with the archives? I'm sure I remember Kent before but I don't see it on the list

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      • rubbernecker

        I would have been struggling to find a footing without the obvious Kent hint from Mercia. For that, and for solving the most obscure of the three lemmata (love this word) the Laurels clearly should go to Mercia

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        • rubbernecker

          Originally posted by mercia View Post
          I quite agree
          have I made another mistake with the archives? I'm sure I remember Kent before but I don't see it on the list
          Oh dear, we disagree. Leaving aside the question of who sets L, no, there has been no mistake with Kent. In the early days of this thread Subcontrabass used to titillate us with many Kentish references: Alfred Deller and Invicta spring to mind, and I think Maestro Nagano has cropped up too; but we've never had Kent as the 'ackshal' answer. So well done Vinteuil for spotting that particular lacuna (love that word too)!

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          • mercia
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            • Nov 2010
            • 8920

            Originally posted by rubbernecker View Post
            Alfred Deller and Invicta spring to mind
            that's what I was remembering

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            • rubbernecker

              Ok, I relent.

              What L connects an ensemble associated with a 1984 Proms first, a Faustian duet, and The Shining?

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              • vinteuil
                Full Member
                • Nov 2010
                • 12796

                EDIT post deleted - don't want to be thought a tease...

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                • rubbernecker

                  Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
                  EDIT post deleted - don't want to be thought a tease...
                  I missed it... Now you ARE being a tease, Vints. PM me instead?

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                  • vinteuil
                    Full Member
                    • Nov 2010
                    • 12796

                    ... oh, I just said - far be it from me to say anything

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                    • mercia
                      Full Member
                      • Nov 2010
                      • 8920

                      Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
                      far

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                      • rubbernecker

                        Groan... Well if one of you fine gentlemen would like to step up to the plate and provide the details, we can swiftly move on.

                        Unless you want to leave it for one of 'les autres'...

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                        • Dave2002
                          Full Member
                          • Dec 2010
                          • 18009

                          Probably Lontano, but may be Ligeti.

                          PS. The things one does to check out network connectivity!

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                          • rubbernecker

                            Originally posted by Dave2002 View Post
                            Probably Lontano, but may be Ligeti
                            I'd stick with the first, although the Shining takes in both.

                            I'm happy to pass the baton on to you for M

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                            • Dave2002
                              Full Member
                              • Dec 2010
                              • 18009

                              Odaline de la Martinez was the first female conductor at the Proms in 1984. The group she conducted is called Lontano.

                              "Mefistofele", Atto terzo: Lontano, lontano, (Faust, Margherita) - (Boito)

                              Ligeti's Lontano for large orchestra (1967) is used in Kubrick's film The Shining.


                              Now for M.

                              Back in a few hours perhaps.

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                              • Dave2002
                                Full Member
                                • Dec 2010
                                • 18009

                                M

                                OBE first
                                Toast
                                Peaches

                                Should be easy.

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